Necktie holder



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UNITED STATES ALBERT w. WILSON, or SAN ralmcrsoo,l OALIFORNIA.,

NEOKTI'E HOLDER.

Application filed May 9, 1325. Serial No. 29,170.

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT W. WILSON, a citizen of the United Stat-es, and a resident of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have i11- vented a new and useful Necktie Holder, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to necktie holders and has for its primary object the provision of a new and novel construct-ion of device of this character whereby a previously knotted necktie can be readily attached to or removed from a collar button in such manner that the knot of the necktie can be drawn up under the folds of the collar or across the joint at the meeting ends.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will be positive o-f action, light of weight, strong, durable and of a form and design whereby its parts will bc concealed when in use.

lith the above and other objects in view which will be apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement-s of parts which will hereinafter be fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a single and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understo-od that no limitations are necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

Figure l is a front viev7 of the device attached to a collar;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device separated from the collar and from the tie;

Figure 3 is a vert-ical section taken on line Ill-III of Figure 2; and

Figure l is a transverse section taken on line IV-IV of Figure 2.

In carrying the invention intol practice, I employ a tie form 5 consisting of a vertical shank 6, an upper arcuate member 7 and a suspending element 8. The form is c-onstructed so` that a tie may be wrapped thereabout so as to produce a knot 9 around the shank G and medially about the member 7, as shown in Figure 1. Vhen this is accomplished, the extreme ends of the wings l() protrude laterally beyond the knot so thatV these wings may be inserted between the i lines in Figure l.

It is stated that the member 7 is of' arcuate form, and it would be well to make clear that aside from being curved downwardly from the extreme tips of the wings so as to properly bring the upper end ofthe knot in the desired position, it is curved longitudinally so as to conform to the curvature of the neck, permitting the terminals of the wings 1.0 t-O lie close-ly against the inner folds of the collar.

The shank 6 is preferably constructed from a. single piece of spring sheet metal so as to provide a front lead 11 and a rear lead 12. These leads are disposed substantially in parallelism, and the connecting bend between the leads is extended through a slot 18 in the member 7 and the leads upset against each other at 14 beneath said member 7. The rear lead l2 is formed with a vertical'slot 15 through which the fiexible lace 16 of the suspending element passes. This lace alwayshas a portion interposed between the respective leads 11 and 12 of the shank 6 whereby these leads may be advanced against the tape to hold same against sliding with respect to the shank. The upper end of the tape is provided with a button engaging pla-te 17 having/aJ keyhole slot-18 adapted to be passed over the front collar button.

In this manner it will be observed that after the tie is properly arranged upon the form, the keyholesl-ot of the suspending element 8 can be placed over the aforesaid front collar button and rthe form moved upward until the knot of the` tie is operatively positioned with respect to the two folds of the collar in front of the joint. VVhen this is accomplished, a clamping band 19 on the shank is moved downward so as to bring the two leads 11 and 12 into edective clamping impingement with the lace or tape 16.-

I have now described a necktie holder. which is extremely simple of construction, practical for every purpose to which the invention is put, and one which embodies parts that are entirely concealed when the tie is worn. It will also be appreciated that by means of the flexible tape 16 constituting part of my novel suspending element 8, the knot of the tie can be drawn up with respect to the folds of the collar so as folds of the collar A as shown in dotted 10 hole slot.A

to always present a neat and dressy appearance. lVhen it is desired to release the tie from the collar, the clamp 19 is drawn in an upward direction and the forni 5 moved downward so as to freeV the knot from be' tween the folds of the Collar. The suspending element is then pushed upward until the head of the Jfront collar button alines with the larger part of the aforesaid key- 'I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a neektie holder comprising a form including a Vertical shank having` relatively separable leads, a tape movable between the leads and provided with means to engage with a collar button. and means sliding on the shank 'for gripping the leads against the tape.

ALBERT W. `WILSON. 

